Although the rate of fire of the 280-mm howitzer is very low and it is inconvenient to operate, it is not easy for the gunner to make it sound in such a short time.

After Ueno Yushin noticed that the 280mm howitzer was fired, smoke and dust rose from the position of the squadron in the distance, which seemed to be full of majesty, but what made him feel depressed was that the shelling of the squadron had not weakened in the slightest.

A shell fired by the Chinese whistled and flew in, hitting the barracks of the artillery accurately, and the huge explosion almost knocked Ueno to the ground, and he looked in the direction of the black smoke with some horror, as if waiting for a more violent explosion.

Although less than a minute had passed, it was as long as an hour for Yunobu Ueno.

Finally, without waiting for the explosion from the ammunition depot, Yushin Ueno couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Because in the shelter between these cannons, there are a total of five tandem rooms, the outermost room at each end is the ammunition depot for howitzers, and the middle three rooms are the artillerymen's living rooms, the height of the rooms is 3 meters, each with an area of about 20 square meters, and the entire fortress area is about 100 square meters. All rooms have single doors and four windows, and the doors and windows are southwest-facing. The walls of the shelter are about 1 meter thick and are made of stones, and the floor is flattened with small pebbles. Due to the excellent engineering quality of the Germans, although the impact point of the shells fired by the Chinese just now was very accurate, they were not able to penetrate the cover, so they failed to cause fatal damage to the battery.

Just when Ueno Yushin felt lucky, in the smoke not far away, there seemed to be more Chinese.

Ueno saw an old man in a gray shirt rushing over with a lot of young shirtless and strong men, these Chinese were holding an ancient short-barreled earthen shotgun in one hand and an iron plate as a shield in the other, and were taking firm steps and jumping forward with difficulty.

Before the defending Yue army could figure out what these Chinese were going to do, they had already approached the front of the position in front of the Yue army's battery, and the inexplicably frightened Yue army infantry kept firing at these deadly Chinese with their rifles, and one bullet after another hit them and passed through the "defensive shield" in their hands, but surprisingly, although these people seemed to be seriously wounded, they did not fall or shoot, but still moved forward with strength and unyielding.

When they were about to enter the Yue army position, these Chinese suddenly threw down the heavy "defensive shield" in their hands, stood there, and fired fiercely at the Yue army position with their homemade shotguns!

With the dull sound of gunfire, the rain of shotguns composed entirely of iron and sand swept through the position of the army like wind and thunder, and the ranks of the army suddenly let out a terrible scream, in the hazy smoke of gunpowder, Ueno Yushin saw that the old man's white Hanfu had been torn, and he stood there covered in blood, although there were constantly bullets drilling into his body, shooting blood flowers on his body, but he stood there like an iron statue, slowly loading the bullets into the short and thick shotgun in his hand, Lifted in one direction.

Ueno looked in the direction of his gun and saw an infantry cannon there.

At this time, the infantry artillery had already finished a round of shells, and several gunners were hurriedly loading the artillery there, and just as they were about to re-fire after loading the ammunition, Ueno Yongxin saw that the shotgun in the old man's hand instantly spewed out a dark red fire, and the gunners of the army who were arson with the artillery were all sitting on the ground without exception, covering their faces with their hands covered with blood, and letting out a ghost-like howl.

Ueno Yushin looked at this horrific scene, and his heart couldn't help but feel a chill, and his eyes fell back on the old man, who was now sitting down, leaning against a mound of dirt, still holding the shotgun in his hand, maintaining the same shooting posture as before.

And at this moment, all the Chinese let out a landslide and tsunami-like cry, and rushed out of their respective shelters one after another.

At this time, Ueno Yushin no longer had a trace of contempt for the Chinese in his heart, and what he was thinking about now was how to keep his surname.

Yunobu Ueno quickly ran back to the telephone, shook the phone, and picked up the microphone, but there was a suffocating silence in the microphone.

Ueno Yushin shouted a few words into the microphone, but never got a response, he suddenly realized that the telephone line might have been interrupted by the shelling of the squadron, Ueno Yushin was about to send someone to the headquarters to report the situation, but suddenly there was a dull gunshot outside, followed by the tragic cries of the soldiers!

Ueno's confidence sank, he pulled out his pistol sharply, and as soon as he rushed out the door, he immediately saw a gunman dressed as a Chinese ordinary man standing there with a short gun like a shotgun less than a meter long.

Yunobu Ueno shouted, raised his pistol and pulled the trigger on the other side, and the gun in the other person's hand also spewed dark red flames almost at the same time.

The telescope on Ueno's chest was instantly shattered and fell from his chest, and he watched this scene in amazement, and at this moment, a grain of iron sand flew into his mouth, and he only felt a bitterness in his mouth, followed by a numb feeling of not being able to speak.

Although the distance was very close, Ueno's shot flew away, and he couldn't hit the opponent at all, and Ueno wanted to continue firing, but he felt that he was unconscious all over his body, and although he was still standing there, he couldn't move as if he was dead.

At this time, several soldiers with rifles with bayonets ran past Ueno Yushin, their rifles may not have been loaded, so they shouted and rushed towards the other party with bayonets, and the other party had already reloaded at this time, and unhurriedly raised their guns and began to shoot, only to hear "Bang!" again. At the same time, the soldiers who rushed up all screamed and fell to the ground, some of them were lying there covered in blood and convulsing, some of them were sitting on the ground with their faces covered and screaming, and some of them were rolling on the ground in pain.

The Chinese gunner once again loaded the shotgun in his hand with great skill, and he quickly ran past the fallen soldier and rushed towards the inside of the battery, and when he came to Ueno's side, he saw him standing there stunned, and a contemptuous sneer appeared on his face. He stretched out his finger and tapped Ueno's head lightly, and Ueno's body fell straight backwards to the ground.

The last thing Yunobu Ueno saw when he fell to the ground was the figure of the Chinese gunman rushing into the fort and screaming accompanied by the gunfire.

"We've lost contact with the batteries!"

One of the officers reported to the commander of the 23rd Brigade, Major General Horiuchi, with a panicked look on his face.

Major General Horiuchi pushed open the window and looked out, while the squadron was still shelling, but compared to the previous days, the shelling did not seem to be very violent.

"Maybe the phone line is broken, and it should be fixed in a while." Major General Horiuchi said.

And just as he finished speaking, there were suddenly dull gunshots in the courtyard outside, followed by the screams of the soldiers of the Japanese army.

"What's going on?" Major General Horiuchi asked in surprise, and at that moment, the army's heavy machine guns began to roar.

Major General Horiuchi walked quickly to the window and looked out, and immediately he saw Chinese gunners running one after another, firing at the soldiers with a short shotgun-like weapon in their hands, and the soldiers were desperately returning fire with their rifles. Major General Mabori was surprised that these Chinese short guns did not seem to have much aim, and whenever the muzzle of the guns spewed dark red flames and black smoke, the soldiers would fall down screaming.

Two machine gunners were desperately firing with a heavy machine gun, trying to stop the Chinese attack, and at this moment, a shell flew out of nowhere and landed on the heavy machine gun position accurately, drowning the two machine gunners and the heavy machine gun in flames.

"General! We were met by Chinese ......" An officer rushed into the house, and was about to report the situation, but before he could finish his sentence, he waved his hands back in pain.

Major General Horiuchi looked at him with some surprise, not understanding what was happening, but the officer desperately stretched out his hand to his back, as if trying to grasp something, his eyes widened, and he soon stopped this strange movement and fell to the ground.

Only then did Major General Horiuchi notice that there was a dagger with red silk stuck in his vest.

A swift figure flashed by, and the two officers in the room shouted and drew their pistols to shoot at each other, but before they could aim at each other, the other party had already rushed closer, and then Major General Horiuchi felt a flash in front of him, and both officers covered their throats with their hands, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

At this time, Major General Horiuchi also drew his pistol, and then suddenly there was an explosion from the window, and a huge wave of air lifted his body into the air, and then he fell heavily on the table, smashing the beautifully made Chinese wooden table to pieces.

Major General Horiuchi finally stood up from the pieces of wood, some sharp pieces of wood had pierced his trousers and pierced his legs, and he barely managed to stabilize his body, and only then did he see clearly that standing in front of him was a young man dressed in gray cloth and holding a slender steel knife.

The young man may have been caught off guard by the explosion just now, and he glanced out the window with some annoyance, and then his gaze fell on Major General Horiuchi.

(To be continued)